Moving-picture toy



June 24, 1924. 1,498,676

(L. V. ARONSON kMOVING PICTURE TOY Filed oct. e, 192s 2 shwrs-sneer 1 LLVV. ARONSON MOVING PICTURE TOY sued oct. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

atented June 24, 1924..-

UNITED STATESg LOUIS v. ARoNsoN', or* NEWARK', NEW JERSEY.

MOVINGLPICTURF. TOY. y

Application filed October 6, 1923. SerialiNo. 666,973.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l. Louis' V. ARoNsjoN, aweitizen of the nited States, residing at Newark, inthe county of Essex and State 5 o-fpNewrJersey, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsV in MovingPicture Toys, of which thel following is a specilication.

The invention relates to toys, and has as l an object the provision of a toy to produce moving pictures, which shall be cheap to manufacture and which will not readily be put out of order.

further object of the invention is the provision of a moving picture toy iny which the picturesl and the viewing slits shall move in opposite directions so as to secure the effect of high speed and rapidly movingparts. 20 A further object of the` invention is the provision of a toy ofthe class described having a picture disk which is readily reversible, and interchangeable, so as to make more than one series of pictures available.

provision of a moving picture toy having a form of drive which may be verycheaply produced from stampings without the Vneed for any machining.

urther objects of the invention will apV` pear from the following descriptionA when read with the' accompanyingdrawings showing an illustrative embodiment Vof the'device and in which'- Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away. Y

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionr on line 2 2 of Fig. l, with the crank re volved 90o.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation omitting handle and the crank.

Fig. isV a detail elevation of a of the picture disk.

Fig. 5 is a' front elevation of the form of the invention which is at present preferred.

Fig'. is a rear elevation of the same with the picture disk omitted.

Fig. T is a detail section on broken line 5o 3. 3 of Fig. 5, and

Fig. 8 is a detail section on line 8, 8 of Fig. 6.

A s shown, the device comprises a disk 10, preferably stamped from sheet metal, and 55 having` handle 11 formed from the same material, bent into the form of a cylinder.

40 the portion .si further object of the invention is the' The handle; may be madev froinwsepa'ratel material and attachedl to the disk, as will be described in connection with Figs. :558.` To suppoiitthe moving disks thereisshown a shaft 1,2 rigidlysecured at a medianpo'int of its length to the disk 10.-` r

To carry the moving viewing slits 13,; there is kshowna disk 14 in which the slits are formed adjacent its margin. Thel disk 14; is shown as provided with a sleevev or bushing 15 rigidly secured thereto, loosely mounted upon oneI end of the tshaft 12, and the disk and sleeve or bushing may be revolubly secured theretoby means" of a screw 16. The washer 17 may bel rigidly secured to the disk if preferred. Preferably circular beads 414 and 45 are pressed into the material of the disk 1 4 at the margin thereof, andsat the inner ends of the slits 13 to increase the stiffness of the disk.

To carry the picture disk thereisshown supporting disk 18 provided with asleeve ork bushing' 19 revolubly mounted uponA the opposite end of shaft 12 and retained thereon by av screw `and a washer 21. To increase `the rigidity of the disk V18 there is shown anv annular ange 22Y formed upon its margin.

.To drive thel disks 1.1 and 18 in opposite direct-ions there is shown a friction wheel 23 carried upon a shaft 24, mounted in loops 25 and 26, preferably formed by bending strips of material struck out from the material of the disk 10, and adapted; to be driven. by means of a crank 27, preferably formed by bending the material.r of theV shaft 24.

The friction disk 23 is shown as formed with a diameter slightly greater inl extent than the space between the disks 14 and 18 when mounted upon the shaft 12, so that the tightening of the screws 16 and 2O will cause the aforesaid disks to press against the friction disk, and therefore turning of the crank 27 will cause the disks 14 and 18 to be revolved in opposite directions.

To support a picture disk 28 removably upon the disk 18, there are shown a pair of clips 29, preferably struck from the material of the disk 18 and bent to hook forno. The disk 18 is shown as provided with an opening 30 adapted to be placed over each of the hooks 29, and a central opening 31 terminating atsuch a point that when the disk is slipped under the hooks 29 and the disk impinges against the Washer 21, the picture disk Will be centrally placed so'as to be concentric With the disk 18( A series of pictures 32 are shown upon one side of the picture disk didering from each other in the Well known manner to cause semblance of motion when viewed in rapid succession, andy it is proposed to produce a second seriesof pictures upon the reverse side of the disk 28, which may be viewed by reversing the disk upon its support. The disk lk isprovided With aV gate 33, through' Which the pictures are viewed, and through the suc` cessive slits 13 moving in one directioiithen Vpictures Vare vievved moving in the opposite direction, Preferably, the disk i0 is also .provided With Vbeads Se, 35 to increase its Yrigidity.

Vfn 'the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5, V6 and 7, the" friction disk or formV ofthe Vinvention above described is replaced by angear or sprocketwheel 36, which is rigidly attached to the end of the shaft 24 Which,1.asshown in A6, may be secured by means of a plurality of! tongues 37 struck from the material of thesupporting disk l() and bent Aabout the shaft. The loops for journaling theV shaft 2e or 2e niay,obvi

ously, be otherwise produced and secured to n thedisk 4l() or l0. To co-act withv the teeth of the gear 36, there are shown a series j of Yperfora-t-ions 38 in `.the viewing diskl",

land asecond series of perforations 39 in the "supportingV disk 18. Theseries of perforations 38 and 39 yare produced in circles iii-'the respective disks in such a manner that 1 the teeth 36 willY co-act therewith .to cause VV`revolution of the disks tions, providing a positive actuation ofthe fformed'froin the' same sheetotniateriali vis theV handle 11', the latterV portion thereof in n opposite direcdisks.

In'y the foimof the inventionshotvn inv andi', the handle ll is shownY Y '5, 5 s produced froml a separate piece of mate-1 ialandsecured to the supporting diskby al s in the Vsupporting disks andi may Y be fi'nch'ed upon. the opposite 'side thereof. bviously., the parts might be Vbra-Zed or ectricallv Welded to provide the desired .attachnient.V The winged-Q, i3 upon which he tabs 40, Lil are formed are preferablyv sl 40,417ivhicli maybe passed througli point of'its length, a disk revolubly mounted on one end of saidfshaft having a VseriesV of viewing slits therein,a second disk revo- 7 lubly mounted upon the opposite end of said shaft having a series of pictures thereon, agate in said supporting disk, and means for causing said revolubleV disks to rotate in opposite directions. if 2. A moving 'picture toy comprising, in combination, supporting disk having a gute therein, a sliaftrigidlyinountedupon said disk, avieiving Vdisk rotatably mountedV upon one end of said shaft having a series i cf Yviewing slits therein, a supporting disk inounted upon'tlie opposite end Vof said shaft, a, picture disk revolubly and reversibly in-J inted upon said last named disk and carryingaV series of picturesupon opposite` sides thereof eachadapted to be turned to- Ward said viewing' disk, and means for causingtherevoluble disks to rotate in opposite directions.

3.721 moving picture toy comprising, in

combination, a supporting disk having a gate and an opening therein, a shaft mount ed upon said disk, a sprocket -vheelmouni'VY ed .upon saidfshaft andprotruding through A,said opening, a shaft centrally and rigidly mounted uponY said supporting disk, a vievv# f ing disk Vrevolubly inountedgupon one end of said shaft having a Vcircular series of'` perforations therein' coacting lWith'the teeth ofsucli sprocket Vw'heell,l a Vsupporting disk ievolubljtfinountedfupon the opposite 'Vend ofsaid' shaft havii'i'g` a circular series of perfoiations therein coacting with the teeth upon said sprocket Wheel oppositejthe Asaid fiirst mentioned teeth, whereby revolutionof said shaftinav cause said revolubleV disks to rotate in opposite directions.

Y Louis v. iinousou. Y 

